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cobarde

Spanish, noun/koˈbaɾde/

cobarde is spelled C-O-B-A-R-D-E (7 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cobarde is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “coward, chicken, wimp, poltroon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cobarde mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecowardly, craven, gutless, spineless, dastardly

  2. 2

    femininemasculineyellow (easily frightened)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecoward, chicken, wimp, poltroon

  2. 2

    femininemasculineweakling, wuss

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas; que tiene temor a los riesgos o exceso de prudencia. 2. Propio o prototípico de una persona cobarde₁ 3. Dícese de quien se aprovecha de los más débiles para atacarlos cruelmente por no tener valor para enfrentarse a sus pares.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cobarde

  • cobardes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cobarde?

  • /koˈbaɾde/
  • [koˈβ̞aɾ.ð̞e]
  • [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cobarde

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cobarde in Spanish?

cobarde appears 9.8 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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